But the iMacs are often used in corporate environments where wired Ethernet is common. And it doesn't make a difference to the thinness.
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But the iMacs are often used in corporate environments where wired Ethernet is common. And it doesn't make a difference to the thinness.
I don't know how much the iMac is used in the corporate world. I'm not disagreeing with you, just stating my ignorance.But the iMacs are often used in corporate environments where wired Ethernet is common. And it doesn't make a difference to the thinness.
Where I work, there's wifi and ethernet (though of course wifi is slower) but if apple's major demographic is the consumer, then wifi only can make sense to them.
I hate usb-c I like the old connector better so It takes a few seconds more to plung in a device cause I have the plug the wrong way c is a week plug
Ugh I need a computer and might just get the current iMac .. wish the new one would come soon
All I want from Apple is to make a modern day version of this...Can anyone possibly imagine this computer is 14 years old?
This. Except the modern day version should incorporate touch and Apple pencil input with an updated articulating arm for drawing at different angles.
I used to own two of these and now working on a 27" 5K iMac, I miss the old lampshade design at times.
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I got tired of waiting too and finally decided to just pull the trigger on a late 2015 5K iMac. Not certain what your computer needs are, but if you're interested the i5 version with 1TB Fusion drive is currently $200 off at Micro Center. It comes standard with only 8GB of RAM (two 4GB modules), but I also bought two Crucial 8x2GB packs at Micro Center for just $109.99 each ($20 off total regular price) to bring it up to a total of 32GB of RAM.
In-store pickup only though:
http://www.microcenter.com/product/456356/iMac_MK472LL-A_27_All-in-One_Desktop_Computer
If you do decide to get an iMac, I highly recommend the Fusion drive. Bought a 21.5" two years ago with a 5400rpm 1TB hard drive and it's slow as molasses.
If I bought one it would be th highest end one. 4ghz/ 16gb / 1 tb flash / 395x
Drool.. If any of my local stores had the highest end config in stock I would've as well. That's a custom build, then ship unfortunately (at least for my area) and needed it immediately for work. I'm mostly working in spreadsheets all day though, so the i5 with the RAM bump more than fits my needs. No Man's Sky on medium settings running in bootcamp does run rather well however.
Hah, I JUST bought a 27" 5K with that new $200 off, from Best Buy, and am 99% certain I'll be returning it in early January. I feel confident new iMacs are going to come out in Q1 and I am happy to wait a few weeks to get a brand new model.
I see many others vent about doom and gloom with the iMac, expecting little or nothing until even Summer, but I think that's unlikely. We'll see something soon and I have to kick myself for buying on impulse too early...
i wonder if these upcoming chips can fit into imac or just in mac pro?
http://wccftech.com/amd-vega-performance-8gb-hbm2/
http://wccftech.com/amd-vega-performance-8gb-hbm2/
Funny, I walked into Best Buy first on Cyber Monday with Micro Center's $200 off ad and they refused to price match it. So they lost me as a customer that day.
I actually was waiting for the new iMac's to be released to get a good deal on the late 2015 iMac's anyways (same thing I did on the original Apple Watch as soon as the Series I & II were announced). I figured though that the $200 off was a decent enough discount I didn't have to wait anymore.
Definitely agree with you though, I believe the new iMac's and Mac Pro will be announced sometime early 2017. I think the new year is going to be an exciting time for Apple product announcements (so long as Trumps proposed taxes and tariffs don't hinder production or imports)!
i really think the next imac will be an overall good update for everybody who came from 2014 and older...
1) USB-C/TB3 i hope at least 2 (how many kaby lake support??)
2) Standard Fusion drive for every 4k and base 5k )the high end 5k model should come standard with 256/512SSD
3) 16GB RAM standard with 32 and 64 BTO
4) I hope for new gen AMD chips (not same 395x etc)
1) USB-C/TB3 i hope at least 2 (how many kaby lake support??)
2) Standard Fusion drive for every 4k and base 5k )the high end 5k model should come standard with 256/512SSD
3) 16GB RAM standard with 32 and 64 BTO
4) I hope for new gen AMD chips (not same 395x etc)
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This is a reference to BitCode that was introduced at WWDC 2015. Currently(AFAIK), it is aimed at iOS, watchOS and tvOS and not macOS ( or OS X ), although it could be. If implemented on macOS, there are some issues ( security, debugging for platforms the developer can't test, 3rd party frameworks that don't support BitCode and a few others ) to overcome. Just pointing out that this isn't the slam dunk MacLuke91's post implies.
Besides getting BitCode right, there are other more pressing issues with Macs on ARM ( performance being the primary one which can't easily be solved by simply adding more processors/cores ) but that is a bit off-topic.
I need to buy a maxed iMac but buying now seems like a bad idea with the upcoming refresh .. I mean for sure it will be tb3/usbc .. gpu will definitely be much better. Probably an option for 2tb ssd as well
I am in the same boat. Buying a MBP 15" to keep me going and will get the maxed iMac as soon as launch. The gpu is where the big increase will be, and is the thing I need for 3D, rendering etc. plus there is no way on earth I am buying a comp without USB C, as will be upgrading all peripherals to this shortly.
Is it likely that the next iMac will have a design change? Or can we expect the same chassis, mount, screen design, etc.
As much as I would like to see a bezel free screen, I think we will be stuck right here for a couple more years.
My hopes are for an iMac with double the geek bench score of my old 2013 rMBP 2.3 i7 [12500]. You would think that 4 years down the track [by next year], that a desktop should be able to be double the speed of a mid-tier laptop.
Current 4k i7 iMac is only 16500, so i doubt it will be such a jump. Could a 6 core chip make it in the top of the range?
Ports:- don't care. Using a Macbook 12" with only USBC has been no problem, so a suite of 4-6 USBC ports would be fine.
PS. I need the CPU power for Cubase VST plugins. I hit the limit on my MBP occasionally. Moving to the current 4k i7 is only a 30 percent increase in power, so id likely hit the ceiling again in 12 months with the newer plugins coming out.
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don't know if you would call it "corporate", but in my office there are 2 architects offices and two admin offices. 14 computers all up. 13 Macs, one PC. All the iMacs are connected to the servers by ethernet. Im only on a Macbook so I'm wifi.
Current 4k i7 iMac is only 16500, so i doubt it will be such a jump. Could a 6 core chip make it in the top of the range?
Ports:- don't care. Using a Macbook 12" with only USBC has been no problem, so a suite of 4-6 USBC ports would be fine.
PS. I need the CPU power for Cubase VST plugins. I hit the limit on my MBP occasionally. Moving to the current 4k i7 is only a 30 percent increase in power, so id likely hit the ceiling again in 12 months with the newer plugins coming out.
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don't know if you would call it "corporate", but in my office there are 2 architects offices and two admin offices. 14 computers all up. 13 Macs, one PC. All the iMacs are connected to the servers by ethernet. Im only on a Macbook so I'm wifi.
from cpu stand point, we will not get double the speed...but from SSD stand point from 2013 to the upcoming model we can have, i think we could have+speedy ram+speedy gpu=double the performance IN APPS we could have...i mean, that important right? and not some benchmark just for cpu, we never use just the cpu in our work
^well running VST instruments and fx plugins in realtime is purely CPU based. I never hit the limit of my ram or SSD in Cubase. But the CPU hits its limit often enough. GPU is essentially unused in Cubase...
a computer with the fastest SSD, 64GB of the fastest Ram and a 4GB graphics card won't run any more VST effects than the same computer with a 5400 rpm spinner, 8 GB ram and integrated graphics if they have the same CPU. Its purely about realtime CPU processing power...theres no way around it.
i realise its not a problem everyone faces and fast SSD, Ram and GPU would help for other activities. But for some tasks is still the CPU that is the bottleneck
yes, because everyone has $8,899 AUD to spend on a computer! Thats what the 8 core MP in Australia costs... unfortunately the 6 core MP is no faster than the 4k i7 iMac and the 4 core MP is slower.
i thought this thread was a wishlist? my wishlist isn't for faster ram and SSD in the iMacs. Its for faster processors!
ohh i get it...but we can have some realistic wishes :
He is going to have to wait for coffee lake / cannon lake (I forgot which has a 6-core desktop version). That will hit 20000 easily.